Flights El Paso → Los Angeles
ELP → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from El Paso to Los Angeles is served by Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 16.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 306 flights, connecting passengers to Los Angeles International Airport, which opened in 1926 and currently handles nearly 76.6 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The El Paso (ELP) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 398 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from El Paso (ELP) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 1,148 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 51m.
Departures from El Paso on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of ELP-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 398 tracked ELP-LAX flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ELP-LAX
On the El Paso (ELP) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 398 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on El Paso-Los Angeles is 1.51% across 398 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
